Warden Cox Is Experiencing High Levels of Violence and Inmate

question 19

Multiple Choice

Warden Cox is experiencing high levels of violence and inmate disorder in his institution. He met with his senior correctional officers to discuss a strategy on how to handle the situation. Also included in the meeting was the legal advisor to the state's department of corrections, Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson explains to Warden Cox that he has received many complaints from inmates concerning the living conditions, physical abuse by officers, and segregation. Which amendment is applicable to these inmate complaints?

• A)First amendment
• B)Fourth amendment
• C)Eighth amendment
• D)Fourteenth amendment

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Definitions:

Kurtosis

A statistical measure that describes the shape of a distribution's tails in relation to a normal distribution.

Distribution

The way in which a set of values is spread or dispersed across a range, often visualized as a graph plotting the frequency of different outcomes.

Kurtosis

A statistical measure that describes the shape of a distribution's tails in comparison to a normal distribution.

Distribution

The way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area, often referring to the statistical spread of values in a dataset.